Deservingness for 'Family 500 +' Benefit in Poland

Qualitative Study of Internet Debates

Bibliographic Data

ID2063929
AuthorsPiotr Michoń (0000-0003-4717-6006, Poznań University of Economics and Business, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume157
Issue1
Pages203-223
Publication date2021-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Indicators Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0303-8300 • E-ISSN: 1573-0921
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s11205-021-02655-1
OpenAlexW3135301965
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited49

The need for qualitative research of deservingness perception is strongly emphasised in the literature. This article studies the perception of deservingness for a 'Family 500 +'-cash benefit in Poland. For the first time, data from online forums was used in the studies of deservingness and welfare attitudes. It allowed to avoid numerous limitations associated with social surveys. The qualitative analysis showed how participants of Internet debates perceive the criteria of deservingness: control, attitude, reciprocity, identity, need, and what are the relations between the criteria. The impurity of all deservingness criteria was indicated and a new criterion 'adequacy' was proposed. Moreover due to the fact that the study concerned a concrete, non-abstract family cash benefit addressed the relationship between the perceived deservingness of children and their parents was pointed out. The vast majority of posts on Internet forums referred to deservingness of parents, not children. This is particularly evident in relation to the criteria of control and reciprocity. Presenting the hypothesis of jealousy and scapegoat strategy, the article also shows the direction of future research on deservingness

Jealousy · Perception · Political science · Qualitative research · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Scapegoat · Social science · Sociology · The Internet · Welfare · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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